Bridget St. John

BBC Radio 1968-1976

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Fans of singer, songwriter, and Brit-folk chanteuse Bridget St. John will no doubt be delighted by this double-disc, 41-cut selection of her BBC recordings with John Peel and other DJs from the late '60s through the mid-'70s. Peel was hosting Top Gear at this time, and took over the network's Night Ride program from producer John Muir in 1968. St. John appeared on Night Ride first and that initial off-air rehearsal performance is here, near the end of disc two at her insistence, though its audio quality is not as high as most on this handsome package. The songs she chose for this performance are quite telling: "To Be Without a Hitch," "Ask Me No Questions," "Rochefort," and "Lizard Long Tongue Boy," to mention a few. This set is not arranged chronologically, which may piss off a few hardcore collectors and bibliophiles, but that's what remote controls and multi-disc changers are for. It is arranged aesthetically - the material on disc one is nearly flawlessly reproduced, while disc two has some rougher live spots (that do not take away from the performances). The package, with copious liner notes and an interview with St. John, has been wonderfully compiled and sequenced by Hux with the full cooperation of the artist and was beautifully remastered by Ron Geesin, who appears as a sideman on many of these sessions, as do Mike Oldfield, Bernie Marsden, and David Bedford.


TrackList:

DISC 1:
- Radio 1 In Concert 1st August 1974 -
01. I Don’t Know If I Can Take It
02. Some Kind Of Beautiful
03. Jumblequeen
04. Fly High
05. Sparrowpit
06. Want To Be With You
07. Curious And Woolly
08. Head And Heart
09. Long Long Time

- Top Gear session 7th January 1976 -
10. Come Up And See Me Sometime
11. Catch A Falling Star
12. Love Lie Easy

- John Peel presents Top Gear 1969 -
13. The River
14. Song To Keep You Company
15. Night In The City
16. Lazarus

- Peter Sarstedt Session 1969 -
17. Curl Your Toes

- Bob Harris Session 22nd March 1972 -
18. Thank You For...


DISC 2:

- Radio 1 In Concert 3rd May 1975 -
01. Sparrowpit
02. Nancy Alice
03. Plain And Pearl
04. Make Me Whole
05. She Used To Play Harmonium
06. Crazy, Have You Eton
07. Peel 'Sleeping' anecdote
08. Bumper To Bumper

- Radio 1 In Concert 31st January 1971 -
09. Leaves Of Lime
10. City Crazy
11. The Pebble And The Man
12. Back To Stay
13. Song For The Laird Of Connaught Hall, Pt.2
14. Jolie Madame - Duet with Kevin Ayers
15. The Spider And The Fly - Duet with Kevin Ayers
16. The Oyster And The Flying Fish - Duet with Kevin Ayers

- Night Ride session 21st August 1968 -
17. To Be Without A Hitch
18. Ask Me No Questions
19. Many Happy Returns
20. Hello Again (Of Course)
21. Rochefort
22. Lizard Long Tongue Boy

- Top Gear session 12th August 1974 -
23. The Present Song / Pig & Peel




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Ask Me No Questions

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Bridget St John is a English singer and songwriter who recorded some lovely albums in the early seventies. Her debut Ask Me No Questions was released in 1969 on John Peel's legendary Dandelion Records. Good old John even produced it. The music is very gentle and poetic. She sings beautifully in a quite low register accompanied by sparse guitar playing. Sometimes she sounds a little like Nico.


TrackList:

01. To B Without A Hitch
02. Autumn Lullaby
03. Curl Your Toes
04. Like Never Before
05. The Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity
06. Barefeet And Hot Pavements
07. I Like To Be With You In The Sun
08. Lizard-Long-Tongue Boy
09. Hello Again (Of Course)
10. Many Happy Returns
11. Broken Faith
12. Ask Me No Questions




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Songs for the Gentle Man

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Songs for the Gentle Man is the second album by the British singer-songwriter Bridget St John. Originally released on the Dandelion label in 1971.

Bridget's first album Ask Me No Questions largely consisted of voice and guitar only but for this recording producer Ron Geesin very sparingly added strings, woodwind, brass and other guitars to Bridget's voice and guitar. The songs themselves are stronger and more melodic on this album. Songs are largely written by St John although there are versions of John Martyn's "Back To Stay" and Donovan's "The Pebble And The Man".

This is recommended to fans of more introspective folky artists.Recorded at Sound Techniques in Chelsea, where everybody from Fairport to Nick Drake had made albums, this was a far more sophisticated work than its predecessor.

She stopped recording in 1974 and emigrated to the USA. Little has been heard of her since but she was a backing vocalist on Mike Oldfield's Anorak album.


TrackList:

01. A Day Away
02. City-Crazy
03. Early Morning Song
04. Back To Stay
05. Seagull-Sunday
06. If You'd Been There
07. Song For The Laird Of Connaught Hall - Part 2
08. Making Loser Better
09. The Lady And The Gentle Man
10. Downderry Daze
11. The Pebble And The Man
12. It Seems Very Strange




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Thank You for

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TrackList:

01. Nice
02. Thank You For?
03. Lazarus
04. Goodbaby Goodbye
05. Love Minus Zero, No Limit
06. Silver Coin
07. Happy Day
08. Fly High
09. To Leave Your Cover
10. Every Day
11. A Song Is As Long As It Wants To Go On
12. Passing Thru'
13. There's A Place I Know




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Jumblequeen

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All tracks written by Bridget St.John, except where noted.


TrackList:

01. Sparrowpit
02. Song For The Waterden Widow
03. I Don't Know If I Can Take It
04. Some Kind Of Beautiful
05. Last Goodnight
06. Curious And Woolly
07. Want To Be With You
08. Jumblequeen
09. Sweet Painted Lady
10. Long Long Time
11. 3DB Australia (Help Me Fly Again)
12. Bumper To Bumper
13. Grow

Personnel:
Bridget St John - 6 & 12 string acoustic guitar, vocals, keyboards
Chick Churchill - clavinet (1), piano (2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10), organ (4), moog (8, 9)
Dave Winter - bass (1-10)
Michael Giles - drums (1-10)
Stefan Grossman - bottleneck wah wah (1, 4, 6), acoustic lead guitar (9)
Gavin Wright - violin (2)
Godfrey Salmon - violin (2)
Don McVay - viola (2, 7)
Michael Hurvitz - cello (2, 7, 10)
Bernie Marsden - electric lead guitar (4)
Beverly Martyn - harmony voice (6)
Bernie Shanahan - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (11)
Tony Margolis - bass (11)
Richard Grando - soprano sax (11)
Jim Mullen - guitar (12)
Rick Pascual - bass (12-13)
Jon Cobert - keyboards (12-13)
Daniel Ellassy - drums (12-13)




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